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Was going to make a new post of it but found this thread. Even if it stops bullets, wouldn't the force from the impact snap your neck back? Unless it comes with a "cowboy collar" neck rolls that some American football players wear to prevent their heads from getting whipped back.

How to stop Russia from using nukes? They have ICBM in submarines that can reach anyone at anytime. Everyone else will keep their heads low.

Actually if he use nukes, everyone else in the world would want to stay out of it for their own sake.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/28/us/stealth-military-motorcycle/

Laser Weapon System (LaWS) EM Railgun http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/10/tech/innovation/navy-new-technology/index.html

Dslyecxi said in his introduction vid- "Arma's not a hardcore simulation of every platform involving modern and future combat like you see in a focused sim. Instead, it's a combined arms games, which provides the opportunity to participate at all levels of combat with accessibility and authenticity as a guiding principle." I'm wondering what exactly does he mean by that? Is he talking just about Arma 3's unrealistic damage model, or are there other aspects on the game? Just want to know what that means specifically if anyone can clarify. Thanks.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/tech/innovation/new-scorpion-attack-jet/index.html Article is a year old, wonder what the progress is on the Scorpion now.

And the Air National Guard?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/us/ghost-stealth-warship-prototype/index.html What do you guys think, is it needed or not? Not just because it looks cool, but for practical reasons.

Remember the Cole?

Remember about a year ago with all the chemical weapons in Syria crap and when USA was supporting the rebels and Russia was supporting Assad? Here's the reason for it- Russia is protecting the Assad regime because Assad is blocking the flow of natural gas out of the Persian Gulf into Europe, thus ensuring higher profits for Gazprom, a Russian government-owned natural gas company providing Europe with lots of energy. If the US is successful in removing Assad, the Saudis and Qatar benefit since the Syrian obstacle for their pipeline would be eliminated; it will be really bad for Russia and Gazprom. This is a strategic geopolitical conflict about natural resources, religion and money, and it really has nothing to do with chemical weapons at all.

Hm that can make sense but aren't they about to release the new helicopter model?

I've just downloaded the latest patch (1.04) and am reading the manual now. Will take some time, but at least it's easy to read. You guys that played it, what's your take on the learning curve? Bit harder than typical games?

I was addicted to AA when it first came out in 2004 or so. Might have put in close to 1000 hours into it (at least 500 hours in Mountain Pass SE map alone). Sucked way too much of my time, and haven't played it since the 2nd version of it. Looks like Proving Grounds is in beta right now. Anyone tried it?

https://usahitman.com/18msie/ A couple of them are far-fetched but most seem legit.

http://www.battlefront.com/products/cmsf/ Probably my favorite RTS game. Nothing like Command & Conquer since this is a military sim. Very fun to play, has Strykers and all that. Anyone else tried it?

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/06/10/mre-pizza/ Think there's a good chance of it happening? From the article, it states it's difficult to make with a 3 year shelf life.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/20/us/air-force-combat-controller-special-forces/index.html I don't know if these guys are famous or little known to you guys here. You guys here know about them?

(CNN) -- Airmen toss dirt bikes out the rear of an airborne plane. Then, a so-called "bike chaser" jumps out after them. When U.S. troops take control of an airfield in a combat zone, this often is how it begins. Parachutes unfurl. The motorbikes float to earth along with the bike chaser, who quickly cranks one of the motorcycles to life. Soon, the airfield is secured and ready for incoming U.S. aircraft. That's a typical mission for Air Force combat control teams, CCTs for short. And, along with seizing airfields, they help ground force commanders and pilots pinpoint targets in war zones. These kinds of special forces could be useful on the ground in Iraq, military analysts say, in the event of U.S. airstrikes against Islamic extremists. The Navy has its SEALs. The Army has Delta Force. And the Air Force has combat controllers: a lesser known special ops ground force sometimes referred to as "ground pounders." Maj. Charlie Hodges, who served with CCTs in Iraq and Afghanistan, spent a few minutes on the phone with CNN Wednesday to offer an inside perspective on these highly trained, elite squads. "All of our guys are trained to ride motorcycles," says Hodges. Sometimes going to work "involves jumping out of an airplane, or sliding out a helicopter down a fast rope, or riding some sort of all-terrain vehicle, or going on a mountain path on foot." Combat controllers are trained to help fighter pilots hit their targets more accurately without killing innocent civilians or friendly troops. That's a resource that military analysts say would be important now in Iraq's efforts to combat ISIS militants. Iraq's government has asked the United States for airstrikes against ISIS, as it encroaches on the nation's key cities. Limited airstrikes might be possible, analysts say, if U.S. forces were inserted where they could accurately identify targets. For days, military sources have said ISIS fighters are dispersed and mixed with local populations, making them difficult to target precisely with airstrikes. Retired U.S. Marine Gen. John R. Allen, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, told The New York Times this month, "It's feasible for the U.S. to play a limited role with air power with (special operations forces) combat controllers and limited advisers." On Thursday, President Barack Obama announced the United States had "positioned additional U.S. military assets in the region." "Because of increased intelligence resources," he said, the United States is "developing more information about potential targets associated with (ISIS), and going forward, we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it." The President didn't offer any specifics. Let's not forget that at the beginning of the Afghanistan war in 2001, ground controllers teamed up with Northern Alliance fighters to help U.S. pilots target and smash the Taliban. It's surprising: In this age of superaccurate smart bombs and camera-enabled, missile-toting drones, Hodges says human targeting intelligence remains the gold standard. "People think that because they see it in a Jason Bourne movie" that technology can do everything, Hodges says. "But I don't think we're ever going to have a totally,100% air-centric war. I think we're always going to need boots on the ground." Their job ranks among the most dangerous in the military. Think about it: These guys regularly work near or inside the target zones of some of the most fearsome flying machines devised by man: the A-10 "warthog," the B-2 stealth bomber, the Apache helicopter, the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the AC-130 gunship. 'It can be kind of squirrelly' Falling safely from the air to the ground with all that gear is no small feat. A typical drop comes with two motorcycles. Bike sizes often range from minibikes with 100 cubic centimeter engines to dirt bikes with 250 cubic centimeter engines. The motorcycles are dropped in packages called "bike bundles." Small bikes have parachutes attached to the handlebars. "It's small enough you can literally pick it up and just throw it out the back of the aircraft," says Hodges. "And that's what they'll do." Engines are limited to around 250 cubic centimeters, Hodges says, because the combat controllers are riding with 100 pounds of gear on their backs. "When you have your center of gravity that high, it can be kind of squirrelly," he says. "So we do a fair amount of training," starting with a certified Motorcycle Safety Foundation course followed by intensive experience with various four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles and side-by-sides. Bike chasers retrieve and mount the motorcycles and use them to quickly secure the air field runways and clear them of obstacles. "Hopefully the bike's got an electric start — and not just a kickstarter," Hodges says. If the bike takes a tumble when it lands, that could temporarily mess up its fuel system, he says, making it troublesome to fire up with a kickstarter. In addition to helping ID air targets, these troops also work to protect civilians and allied forces on the ground. "If they're being fired on by the enemy, we can bring in aircraft," Hodges says. Controllers also have access to special airborne surveillance assets that give them "eyes in the sky" for U.S. ground troops who need to know "what's on the other side of that building," as Hodges put it. "When you're pinned down and can't move, having eyes in the sky to take out the enemy is pretty instrumental in making sure your guys come back alive." Air control for earthquake victims Attached to the Air Force 24th Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, these guys are FAA certified air traffic controllers. In 2010, the CCTs deployed to Haiti, responding to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that left more than 230,000 people dead. At the airport in Port-au-Prince, "nobody was sure of the structural integrity of the tower," says Hodges. "So they set up in the infield and they landed 200 planes a day — all with notebook paper, a card table and handheld radios." Two-hundred planes a day rivals air traffic at some of the world's busiest airports, including Chicago O'Hare and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson. The camaraderie you might expect between pilots and combat controllers is strong, Hodges says. "It's always neat when you've worked with a guy here in the States and then go overseas and they call up and you recognize their call sign." There's also some professional, good-natured rivalry. "We remind them that they're flying around in their air-conditioned cockpits," he says. "We're on the ground in the heat and humidity, carrying 100 pounds on our backs."

Actually it's CCT (combat control teams). They're described in the link I posted, it's a good read.

Yep, you read the article? They skydive with dirt bikes. Damn.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/16/tech/innovation/marines-amphibious-vehicle/index.html Maybe this can be added in Arma

If you read the article, it states that it is just the prototype in the pictures and that the real version will be twice the size. Can carry 3 tanks and a Humvee.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-walk22jun22,0,4101603,full.story?coll=la-home-center 'EFPs' a big threat to U.S. forces in Iraq Copper-plated explosives that pierce armored vehicles are proving so deadly that the military is advocating foot patrols instead. By Julian E. Barnes Times Staff Writer June 22, 2007 BAGHDAD — U.S. troops working the streets of the capital fear one Iraqi weapon more than others — a copper-plated explosive that can penetrate armor and has proved devastating to Humvees and even capable of severely damaging tanks. The power of what the military calls an EFP — for explosively formed penetrator, or projectile — to spray molten metal balls that punch through the armor on vehicles has some American troops rethinking their tactics. They are asking whether the U.S. should give up its reliance on making constant improvements to vehicle defenses. Instead, these troops think, it is time to leave the armor behind — and get out and walk. "In our area, the biggest threat for us is EFPs. When you are in the vehicles, you are a big target," said Army Staff Sgt. Cavin Moskwa, 33, of Hawaii, who patrols Baghdad's Zafraniya neighborhood with the Bravo Battery of the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment. "But when you are dismounted … you are a lot safer." In the last three days, 15 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, nine of them in two powerful roadside bomb blasts. The military does not publicly identify the kind of weapon used in improvised explosive attacks, but the deadly nature of the blasts Wednesday and Thursday suggested that EFPs may have been used. The deaths brought to 3,545 the total number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq theater since the March 2003 American-led invasion, the U.S. military said. Hundreds of these troops have been killed by EFPs and other kinds of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. The Pentagon's most recent Iraq status report said EFP attacks were at an all-time high. Foot patrols, of course, are not a fail-safe method. On city streets, snipers remain a threat. And bombs can still kill dismounted troops. But when blasts occur in the middle of a foot patrol, the number of casualties are generally lower because the troops are more spread out. Before a foot patrol last week through a neighborhood next to Baghdad's Sadr City district, a private with Alpha Company of the Army's 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, began complaining about having to walk. But EFPs have claimed the lives of several soldiers in the unit, and Sgt. Leland Kidd, 28, of Gonzales, Texas, said the private should be thankful they were on foot. "When I walk on my feet, I don't have to worry about being blown up," Kidd told the private. "In the vehicle, I have to." Top commanders have been encouraging more such units in Baghdad to take just that tack. A counterinsurgency guidance memo released last week by Army Lt. Gen Raymond T. Odierno, the commander of day-to-day military operations, urges Iraqi and American troops to "get out and walk." The memo argues that although Humvees offer protection, they also make units predictable and "insulate us from the Iraqi people we intend to secure." The original draft of the memo, written by counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen, goes further. It notes that EFP attacks on Humvees damage them heavily. "So we gain little in safety, but sacrifice much in effectiveness," the draft reads. One reason for the increased number of troops victimized by roadside bombs is that there are more forces in Iraq now, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Pentagon news conference Thursday. This month, the final additional American combat units arrived in Baghdad, as part of a counterinsurgency strategy announced by President Bush in January that has increased the U.S. military presence in Iraq by 28,500 troops. "As we're taking the fight to the enemy with the additional troops, we can expect that there's going to be tough fighting ahead," Pace said. "So it is an expectation that this surge is going to result in more contact and therefore more casualties." But another reason for the rising death toll is the ability of Iraq's militants to adapt to new U.S. military tactics. During the 2003 invasion, most American Humvees were outfitted with flimsy canvas doors. When the first improvised explosive devices made from artillery shells appeared, the military scrambled to put stronger armor on the vehicles. Since then, the military has repeatedly upgraded Humvee armor as militants have made bigger and bigger bombs. But the small and easily hidden EFPs, which often are powered by C-4 plastic explosives, are not just a more powerful IED. Military personnel experienced with the projectiles say that what makes the weapons so deadly is that they use the Americans' own armor against them. As the hot copper slug melts through the armor of a Humvee, it transforms the protective plating into shrapnel that sprays into the passenger cabin, they say. "We joked about going back to canvas doors. That way, unless it hits you directly, you are OK," said Army Sgt. William Bowman, 31, of Fort Myers, Fla. But to Moskwa, the staff sergeant from Hawaii, the question of armor is no joke. Moskwa, who served as an Army recruiter in Pasadena before deploying to Iraq, thinks armor on vehicles and body armor on troops are too restrictive, hampering a service member's ability to move quickly and agilely. "I would rather go out without any armor or gear," he said. "If an EFP hits the vehicle, you are dead anyway no matter how much armor you have. It can take out an Abrams tank; these 1114 [armored Humvees] are nothing." Army Staff Sgt. Shane Beckham, 26, of St. James City, Fla., a member of 1-8 Cavalry's Bravo Company, likes dismounted patrols but says going without any armor doesn't make sense. "You still have snipers out here," he said. Beckham said that although he had seen EFPs destroy a Bradley fighting vehicle, the vehicle nevertheless protected the soldiers inside. "When those hunks of steel burned to the ground, they did what they were designed to do: They saved my guys," Beckham said. The EFPs are most commonly used in poor Shiite Muslim districts, where they are the preferred weapon of militias aligned with radical cleric Muqtada Sadr's Al Mahdi militia. But the devices are also found throughout Iraq, and the military has accused Shiite-run Iran of supplying EFPs to Sunni Arab insurgents as well as Shiites. The bombs have been found, for example, in Diyala province, where the military Thursday continued its offensive against Sunni insurgents who had taken over neighborhoods in Baqubah, the provincial capital. As part of the operation, military officials said, the U.S. had killed 41 militants and destroyed 25 roadside bombs and five homes rigged with explosives. Although the military is trying to break the power of Sunni insurgents in the province, the offensive is also part of a larger strategy to control the area around Baghdad and prevent the flow of EFPs and suicide bombers into the Iraqi capital. Although U.S. officials have said EFPs were originally smuggled in from Iran, militants in Iraq have now learned how to make them. And the newer ones are even more powerful, troops said. On Thursday, a roadside bomb in northeast Baghdad killed five U.S. soldiers. An Iraqi interpreter and three Iraqi civilians also were killed in the blast. The IED destroyed the Humvee the soldiers were riding in, an Iraqi Information Ministry official said. The military also announced that four soldiers were killed Wednesday in a roadside bombing attack in west Baghdad. And on Tuesday, two soldiers were killed and four wounded southwest of Baghdad in another roadside bombing, the military said Thursday, correcting an earlier report that said the attack had occurred Wednesday. The military previously announced another death Tuesday, that of Army Spc. Darryl W. Linder, 23, of Hickory, N.C., who was killed in a bombing in Baqubah. The military also reported Thursday that two Marines were killed Wednesday west of Baghdad in Al Anbar province. In addition, the military announced the death of a soldier Thursday in a rocket-propelled-grenade attack in north Baghdad. In violence against Iraqi civilians, 13 people were killed and 70 injured in a bombing in the northern town of Sulaiman Bek. Around Baghdad, 20 bodies were found, many probably victims of Shiite death squads. In Wasit province, southeast of the capital, an explosive device detonated near an Iraqi police vehicle, killing three officers. U.S. troops say that, for now at least, most EFPs are placed a safe distance from where Iraqis live, on main roads and streets without many homes on them. In the Shiite neighborhoods of east Baghdad, when militants set off roadside bombs that kill residents, American troops commonly pass out leaflets blaming Sadr's Al Mahdi militia. Those who have survived EFP attacks say the pressure from the blasts made their eyes bulge out of their heads, leaving them with headaches that lasted for days. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph De Wolf, 28, of Waco, Texas, suffered a concussion in an EFP strike. "The projectile came under my seat, hit the battery box and missed me," De Wolf said. "I got lucky." Army Sgt. Chris Wilson, 24, of Boston said that, relatively speaking, troops had grown accustomed to the threat of old-style improvised bombs and of snipers. "EFPs are what we worry about every day," Wilson said. "That is what keeps us up at night."

I use windows xp 64 bit. I have installed direct x and activated the game. This is what it does when I try to apply the patch (and I have downloaded the same file from a number of mirrors and got the same problem) Anyone know how I can apply 1.08 patch to my existing version?